IF not EXISTS( SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'People' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'EconomicCode') begin alter table dbo.People add EconomicCode nvarchar(200) null end ; IF not EXISTS( SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'People' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'PostalCode') begin alter table dbo.People add PostalCode nvarchar(200) null end